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San Francisco
Finance

San Francisco could get 90% of its homeless off the streets with the country’s fiercest housing speculation tax, but landlords are already fighting it tooth and nail

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October 21, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Finance

With California having nearly a third of America’s homeless, Gavin Newsom leans into the ‘Yes in God’s backyard’ movement

By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
October 12, 2023
California Governor Gavin Newsom
Politics

California cracks down on homelessness crisis with new law that can detain and treat people with mental illness and addiction against their will

By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
October 10, 2023
Thien Ho
Politics

Sacramento’s top lawyer just sued its mayor for homeless crisis and ‘collapse into chaos’ as furious residents file separate lawsuit

By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
September 20, 2023
Shoppers walk through an empty Westfield San Francisco Centre on May 11, 2023 in San Francisco, California.
Retail

American Eagle staff were threatened with guns and a machete while working in San Francisco mall, new lawsuit says

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September 14, 2023
A Washington startup has built tiny homes for unhoused people in 100 communities. Now it’s going international
Features

A Washington startup has built tiny homes for unhoused people in 100 communities. Now it’s going international

By
June 30, 2023
Kwane Stewart
Success

Meet the 52-year-old ‘Street Vet’ who takes care of homeless pets on LA’s Skid Row: ‘They live in the shadows. They live amongst us but not with us’

By Janie McCauley and The Associated Press
June 24, 2023
San Francisco
Success

Gavin Newsom ordered the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative to find out just how bad San Francisco’s crisis is: ‘People are homeless because their rent is too high’

By Janie Har and The Associated Press
June 20, 2023
Homeless crisis
Finance

The secret cause of America’s homelessness crisis is hiding in plain sight: Landlords can evict whoever they want now the pandemic is over

By Michael Casey, R.J. Rico and The Associated Press
June 17, 2023
Subway restraint death
Politics

NYC simmers with outrage after fatal subway chokehold ruled a homicide by medical examiner’s office

By Jake Offenhartz, Bobby Caina Calvan and The Associated Press
May 4, 2023
Rob Bonta
Politics

The state of California is suing one of its own cities for blocking a housing project for homeless people in a quaint area called ‘Old Town’

By Adam Beam and The Associated Press
May 2, 2023
Karen Bass
Politics

LA’s homeless crisis is so bad that the new mayor wants to spend a record $1.3 billion on fighting ‘the myth that people do not want to come inside’

By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated Press
April 18, 2023
Homeless people in San Francisco
Politics

A public toilet ‘should not cost $1.7 million.’ Why California’s governor is wading into a San Francisco neighborhood’s ‘inexplicable’ plan

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October 22, 2022
A van on a highway next to a mountain range
Success

Van life is just ‘glorified homelessness,’ says a 33-year-old woman who tried the nomadic lifestyle and ended up broke

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October 18, 2022
An homeless old lady begs for money in t

A Scandinavian country is close to eliminating homelessness with a simple solution. Communities around the world are racing to copy it

By
July 12, 2022

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